Young Törless

Young Törless (1966)

20/05/1966
Drama
1h 27m

Overview

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.

  • Volker SchlöndorffDirector, Writer
  • Herbert AsmodiWriter
  • Original Title

    Der junge Törless

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    German

Keywords

  • boarding school
  • mathematics
  • bullying
  • torture
  • austria-hungary
  • lgbt
  • corporal punishment
  • military academy
  • 20th century
  • good and evil
  • imaginary numbers

Top Billed Cast

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière

Thomas Törleß

Marian Seidowsky

Anselm von Basini

Bernd Tischer

Beineberg

Fred Dietz

Reiting

Lotte Ledl

Lotte Ledl

Gastwirtin / Innkeeper

Jean Launay

Mathematiklehrer / Maths Teacher

Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Bozena

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

Herbert Asmodi

Fritz Gehlen

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